The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Rumor has it that there is TO be another thin
Ding out of fast freight lines
General Manager Noonan. of the b. q o.
Kankakee Despatch, Will return from New York
to-day.
Austin Corbin. the railroad king, is now ar
ranging his affairs TO leaye for Florida fer a two
or three weeks rest OF Saturday next.
The c., l., St, L. It Y is again catching onto
she east bound freight traffic out of Chicago car
s'ying last week 4 ID pei cent Of the tonnage.
Shipments &C agricultural implements and
railway supplies. to tho West. South ard North
west are now Is heavy as they were ever known
to be.
General Manager Miller. of the Providence q
Stonington company. has appointed y. II.
Briggs general passenger agent, and w. H. BAD
cock assistant general passenger agent OF the
line.
The gross earnings of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad and its branches and leased lines Tor
February 1887 were S. 562 63S. or II per cent
more than for any February since the opening
3i the road
Mr.. j. H. P. Hughart, assistant to the presi-
ient of the G fraud Rapids 81 Indiana railroad,
states that during last year the company built
eorty miles of road. purchased six locomotives
and LOCO freight cars.
John Jarvis Sanborn, who died of apoplexy at
Franklin Falls N. H., last week, had been road
master of the Boston, Concord 81 Montreal road
for thirty five years, and was largely engaged IN
age.
The general manager of one of the Indianapo-
lis lines who last week contracted for several
new engines, was obliged TO pay 81. 600 more for
each engine he contracted for than for the same
GLASS of engine year ago. and on heavy
freighters ST. 500 more.
General Master Mechanic Tureff, of the Bee
line is in the city. He states THAT within the
oext thirty days the company will receive from
the Brooks locomotive works two heavy passen-
peyino vui,i oh will ay H,,ti
indianapolis division OF the Decline.
The Pennsylvania railroad are building a new
dynamometer with machinery for recording
the draw bar tension, designed after the Emery
testing machine The intention is to keep a
continuous diagram of the actionsof the steam
in the cylinders ofany locomotive under investi-
cation.
Emmons Blaine, who resigned his position
with the Northwestern road few weeks ago.
ostensby to accept place with commercial
house, is reported to have accepted the general
passenger and freight agency of the Chicago,
Santa Fe 81 California railway, with an Office in
Chicago.
J. M. Williams has been appointed general
freight agent of the Boston & Providence road.
This is the position declined by Harry Wetsell,
general agent of the Vandalia. some weeks
ago, his attachment for the Van1ala over
Swallowing the handsome offer from this New
England road.
The L., N. A. & c. road earned in February
spending month last year of $31, l38. This is 2
report that the management certainly have rea-
son to be proud of. as but few roads are showing
very large increase in revenue last month, SO
bad were the country roads.
Judge Gresham Yesterday entered an order an.
thorzing Receiver Il. vi. Cooley, of the Wabash
road, to defend all suits brought against him as
receiver against the former receivers, and to
pay out of the income all judgments and DEGREES
of this court rendered against him where the
cause of action arose after Dec 81. 1886.
The spring time convention will be held in
New York on the l4th of April when the adopt
ing OF the q o'clock system of notation will
again come up for consideration. Railroad of
6cals in this section are of the opinion that
little will be done in the matter except to hea:
the report Of the committee appointed at the
last meeting.
The strike of the NJ Y, P. & O.. men a,
Youngstown, o.. is well affecting the business
of the Pennsylvania lines at that point, mum
Der of their men having joined the strikers they
say, out of sympathy. Through such sympathy
they will simply lose their jobs, did the
switchmen of the Pennsylvania lines who, few
months ago, struck at Indianapolis.
The building of what is known as the South
western road out of Terre Haute is again being
aeitated, and on the 18th of this month meet
ing is to be held in Terre Haute to take some
steps in the matter. That such a road would be
valuable one to that city will not be questioned
and 1t would also be valuable feeder to the
Vandalia and the I. & ST. l.. roads.
There is conductor on the Lake Shore G
Michigan Southern who has been in the employ
of that road for forty years Mr.: Fred Avery
started in with the old Erie g Kalamazoo il
l847. and has been in continuous service since
He was in charge of engine for many years
and for standing by the company during STRIKE
in 1857, he was given charge of a passenge
train, and has acted as conductor since tina
time
AN the Indianapolis parties who were inter
ested in the st. Louis cahle-road have sold out
Col. M. A. Downing turning the whole properr!
pver to the recent purchasers on Tuesday, ant
returning to Indianapolis yesterday. The In
nianapolitans who took hold of the enterprise
have been amply paid for their labor, and DOUBT
less would be glad to catch on TO another equal,
Fortunate deal.
Tho board of directors of the Wabash & West
ern railway met at the Southern Hotel, 81
Louis, yesterday, and organized by electing tn
following officers: President, O. d. Ashley, Q
New York; vice-presdents. Edger r. Welles. O
Hartford, Conn, and A. A. Talmage. of 81
Louis: secretary and treasurer, James s. How
of ST. Louis; general manager. A. A. Talmage
assistant secretary, VIM. M. Beach.
There was good deal Of interest shown i
railroad and express circles yesterday tn
sensational rumor that the control of the Balti
more a. Ohio road had passed into the control O
the Corbin-Suly syndicate. and the common re
mark was that if true, the days of the Bait
more & Ohio Express, the B. e. o. Sleeping-ca
and B & O. Telegraph Companies were nun
bered, as all have been heavy loads for the B.
o. Railroad Company to carry.
The Wagner Sleeping car Companys shops a
Buffalo, which are under the able manage
fnent Of It. A. Bissell. are busy rebuildin
and effectne heavy repairs on the old rollin
stock belonging to the company. They are ge
ting out plans for several new cars that will I
among tho finest sleeping-cars ever built. The
are also preparing drawings of new private c,
for the use of President Webb. Five of the.
new sleeping coaches will be put in service
run between New York and st. Louis oyer IL
Bee line and the Vanderbilt lines.
The Master Mechanic gives the plan and ell
vations of the very complete oil-house at I'll
Indianapolis shops of the Panhandle railwa,